Fig. 1: Trajectories of thrown objects in non-rotating and rotating environments (in weightlessness).
From: Simplified equations for object trajectories in rotating space habitats and space juggling
Trajectories starting from the spinward and anti-spinward directions are shown in the left and right columns, respectively. Trajectories ending in the spinward and anti-spinward directions are shown in the top and bottom rows, respectively. a Trajectories in inertial (non-rotating) frame. b Trajectories in rotating frame. Using equation (6) with \(| {\Omega }_{1}| =| {\Omega }_{2}| =\sqrt{{1}^{2}+0.{2}^{2}}\,m\), ω = 2π rad/s, and 0.2 s < τ < 0.5 s in increments of 0.1 s, and rotated by i for reference. Each point on each plot is spaced by 17 ms. In the case of Space Juggling, the left column of the plots are throws made from the left hand. The right column are throws from the right hand. The first and second rows are throws caught with the left and right hands, respectively.
